Exploreans Ngorongoro Lodge

This decent lodge is situated close to the entrance to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and offers comfortable accommodation, with nice views out over surrounding forest. It is well positioned for an early start on the road north.

The main potential downsides are that the lodge is very expensive, rather mainstream and located rather close to the main road. Most negatively, it sells itself as a base for safari and yet we feel that it is not an ideal base from which to visit the Ngorongoro Crater.